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Post by Telemachus on Jun 14, 2019 19:32:42 GMT
This past 1.5 weeks we have seen a few boats with fake rivets. I must say, they look stupid.
Obviously. Boats are not intelligent so surely they are bound to look stupid. As do trees, stone walls and chewing gum on the sole of your shoe.
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Post by Jim on Jun 14, 2019 20:12:45 GMT
I bet they cost pence. Just cost a lot to fit. Rename your boat "Gullibles Travels".
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Post by Telemachus on Jun 14, 2019 21:26:32 GMT
I bet they cost pence. Just cost a lot to fit. Rename your boat "Gullibles Travels". You’re right, about 80000 pence.
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Post by bodger on Jun 15, 2019 7:11:11 GMT
hey, give tellywotsit a break.
it is seen as offensive these days to comment on personal choices - there is a whole rainbow of options for boat decorations and, IMHO, false rivets are more appropriate and practical than rosycastles painted on doors, buckets and watering cans, and folk dressing up as fake old-time bargees.
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Post by Jim on Jun 15, 2019 10:10:54 GMT
hey, give tellywotsit a break. it is seen as offensive these days to comment on personal choices - there is a whole rainbow of options for boat decorations and, IMHO, false rivets are more appropriate and practical than rosycastles painted on doors, buckets and watering cans, and folk dressing up as fake old-time bargees. Aw Bless! I think he's a big lad and can take it. I'm concerned about the 80000 penny rivets glued to his hull. A pimply Hudson? In what way can fake rivets ever be seen as "practical", I'm curious. I can see that they could be seen as "appropriate" in presenting a fake image of the provenance of a boat.
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Post by bodger on Jun 15, 2019 10:30:47 GMT
hey, give tellywotsit a break. it is seen as offensive these days to comment on personal choices - there is a whole rainbow of options for boat decorations and, IMHO, false rivets are more appropriate and practical than rosycastles painted on doors, buckets and watering cans, and folk dressing up as fake old-time bargees. Aw Bless! I think he's a big lad and can take it. I'm concerned about the 80000 penny rivets glued to his hull. A pimply Hudson? In what way can fake rivets ever be seen as "practical", I'm curious. I can see that they could be seen as "appropriate" in presenting a fake image of the provenance of a boat. I didn't say they were practical, just more practical than that other bargee stuff. ......... anyway they act as mini sacrificial fenders.
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Post by JohnV on Jun 16, 2019 16:07:41 GMT
Aw Bless! I think he's a big lad and can take it. I'm concerned about the 80000 penny rivets glued to his hull. A pimply Hudson? In what way can fake rivets ever be seen as "practical", I'm curious. I can see that they could be seen as "appropriate" in presenting a fake image of the provenance of a boat. I didn't say they were practical, just more practical than that other bargee stuff. ......... anyway they act as mini sacrificial fenders. Sabina H is riveted (well at least the original bits are) but they don't look anything like the fake ones you see ..... they are countersunk and the heads are flush on the outside and can only be seen properly on the inside of the hull. If you have stupid rivet heads sticking out on the outside of the hull they will catch on things when locking and also quite quickly wear off and the boat will fall to bits On properly built riveted boats you don't see that (unless they were very early and they hadn't learned the better ways)
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Post by bodger on Jun 16, 2019 16:36:36 GMT
blimey, I didn't realise the rivet snobbery extended so far - real projecting rivets, real countersunk rivets and plain & simple fake rivets !!
As far as I am concerned a rivet head is a rivet head.
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